Obviously, automation has been the most valuable feature - it's what initially attracted us and likely our main reason for purchase. However, its reporting and planning features are also very useful and contribute greatly to ROI.

Built-in, context-sensitive 'Help' would be useful at times, instead of having to search through the User Guide or Community for assistance - or just for those times when you're curious about the function of a particular option/feature.

Lead Technical Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

May 10 2017

What do you think of vRealize Automation?

Valuable Features
The most valuable features are the EBS (Event Broker Subscription) and NSX integration with BP designer.
• Improvements to My Organization
Multiple BPs can be deployed with EBS and PG (Property Group) in a lot less time.
• Room for Improvement
IaaS components: I have an assumption that all the IaaS components will be migrated to a Linux appliance, then I think the communication between the Linux appliance and the IaaS components will happen faster and smoother.
• Use of Solution
We have used this version for almost 1.5 years. We previously used version 7.0.
• Stability Issues
Sometimes, we encountered stability issues, but they were negligible.
• Scalability Issues
Sometimes, we encountered scalability issues but they were negligible.
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Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 25 2018

What do you think of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?

Primary Use Case
We are very dependent on the product, since it eases Oracle database administration. Mostly, if you have a lot of databases in your DC.
• Improvements to My Organization
It has helped us in the manner of productivity, since it enables us to monitor and manage a lot of databases in a centralized web portal.
• Valuable Features
Patching multiple databases
Performance monitoring
Management and optimization
Database administration
Alerts and thresholds
• Room for Improvement
Stability and performance of the tool itself. Might be better used with more hardware. Normally the specifications from the docs are enough.
• Use of Solution
Three to five years.
• Stability Issues
Yes, there are some bugs. Some of the screens sometimes do not load...

The most valuable asset is most probably the ability to target the needed hosts, and running commands via modules or a shell on all of them at the same time. This means that mass parallel administration of large server farms is possible.